STATE OF LOUISIANA

DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

 

General Circular No. 001615

 

To:                   Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors

 

Subject:            Earned Income Tax Credit and Advance Earned Income Credit

 

Issue Date:       June 27, 2005

 

This general circular is to make you aware that Senate Bill 57 passed, which enacts “. . . Part XII of Chapter 9 of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 23:1018.1 and 1018.2, relative to employment; to provide with respect to the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and the Advance Earned Income Credit; to require employers to inform new employees of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and the Advance Earned Income Credit at the time of hire; and to provide for related matters.”

 

The Act requires employers to notify new employees whose anticipated wages are $35,000 or less annually that the employees may be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Advance Earned Income Credit.  The Act also states that any written notice provided to the employer regarding this matter shall be provided to these employees at the time of hire.

 

There are also posting requirements regarding this matter that require employers to post, in the same location where other required employee notices are posted, a notice that will be provided by the Louisiana Department of Labor or the Internal Revenue Service.

 

If you have any questions regarding this general circular, please contact your Human Resource Consultant in the Program Assistance Division at 225-342-8274.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

s/Anne S. Soileau

Acting Director